Charles, William James Donald (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-May-23

Pilot Officer William James Donald Charles RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-August-03

Born:

Parents: John Wilson Charles & Violet Ann Charles

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/19622
Prev: R/186937

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapDortmund Germany
Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
23 C 16

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 22:34 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PM-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Dortmund Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed 5 km N of Ahaus Germany.

Killed: Pilot Officer William James Donald Charles RCAF J/19622 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 23. C. 16. Flying Officer Lancelot Stanley Kennedy RCAF J/27157 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 23. C. 15. Flying Officer Owen Wright RCAF J/28272 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 23. C. 12-14. Sergeant Augustus Ernest Lee RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 23. C. 12-14. Sergeant Henry Alfred Shephard RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 23 C. 12-14. Flying Officer Derek Abraham Wiener RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 23. C. 12-14.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)